n.
  
/
ˈɪntədɪkt/
  
- Law,  chiefly Scottish a court order forbidding an act.
 - (in the Roman Catholic Church) a sentence debarring a person or place from ecclesiastical functions and privileges.
 
v.
  
/
ˌɪntəˈdɪkt/
 
chiefly N. Amer.   - prohibit or forbid.
 - intercept (a prohibited commodity).
 - Military  impede (an enemy force), especially by bombing lines of communication or supply.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - interdiction n.
  - interdictor n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME entredite, from OFr. entredit, from L. interdictum, past part. of interdicere ‘interpose, forbid by decree’.